James Flavin
1906-05-14 ( 118 years old ) in Portland, Maine, USA

American character actor whose career lasted nearly half a century. James Wilson Flavin Jr. was the son of a hotel waiter of Canadian-English extraction and a mother, Katherine, whose father was an Irish immigrant. (Thus Flavin, well-known in Hollywood as an "Irish" type, was only one-quarter Irish.) Flavin was born and raised in Portland, Maine (a fact that may have enrichened his later working relationship with director John Ford, also a Portland native). He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, but (contrary to some sources) did not graduate. Instead he dropped out and returned to Portland where he drove a taxi. Then as now, summer stock companies flocked to Maine each year, and in 1929 he was asked to fill in for an actor. He did well with the part and the company manager offered him $150 per week to go with the troupe back to New York. Flavin accepted and by the spring of 1930 was living in a rooming house at 108 W. 87th Street in Manhattan. Flavin didn't manage to crack Broadway at this time (his Broadway debut would not occur for another thirty-nine years, in the 1971 revival of "The Front Page," in which Flavin played Murphy and briefly took over the lead role of Walter Burns from star Robert Ryan). He worked his way across the country in stock productions and tours, arriving in Los Angeles around 1932. He quickly made the transition to movies, landing the lead in his very first film, a Universal serial, The Airmail Mystery (1932). He also landed his leading lady, marrying the serial's female star Lucile Browne that same year. However, the serial marked virtually the last time that Flavin would play the lead in a film. Thereafter, he was restricted almost exclusively to supporting characters, many of them without so much as a name. He specialized in uniformed cops and hard-bitten detectives, but played chauffeurs, cabbies, and even a 16th-century palace guard with aplomb. Flavin appeared in nearly four hundred films between 1932 and 1971, and in almost a hundred television episodes before his final appearance, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976). Flavin died of a heart ailment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on April 23, 1976. His widow Lucile died seventeen days later. They were survived by their son, William James Flavin, subsequently a professor at the United States Army War College. James and Lucile Brown Flavin were buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Movies

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence 2005-11-22
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 1976-09-29
Law and Order 1976-05-06
In Cold Blood 1967-12-15
Good Times 1967-04-11
The Further Adventures of Gallegher 1965-10-03
Cheyenne Autumn 1964-10-15
The Last Hurrah 1958-12-31
Johnny Rocco 1958-12-21
Wild Is the Wind 1957-12-11
Night Passage 1957-07-24
The Restless Breed 1957-05-01
Footsteps in the Night 1957-04-14
Hold That Hypnotist 1957-02-24
Francis in the Haunted House 1956-07-09
Never Say Goodbye 1956-03-10
Apache Ambush 1955-08-24
The Naked Street 1955-08-01
Mister Roberts 1955-07-10
Return of the Dead 1954-09-09
Massacre Canyon 1954-05-01
Dragonfly Squadron 1954-03-21
The Eddie Cantor Story 1953-12-25
Hot News 1953-10-11
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953-04-06
Trouble Along the Way 1953-04-04
I Beheld His Glory 1953-03-31
Confidentially Connie 1953-03-12
Star of Texas 1953-01-11
Million Dollar Mermaid 1952-12-04
O. Henry's Full House 1952-08-07
Carrie 1952-07-17
Here Come the Marines 1952-06-29
Sailor Beware 1952-02-08
Rhubarb 1951-08-29
Fighting Coast Guard 1951-05-31
Follow the Sun 1951-05-22
According to Mrs. Hoyle 1951-05-20
Oh! Susanna 1951-03-01
Operation Pacific 1951-01-27
South Sea Sinner 1950-08-30
Destination Murder 1950-06-09
Armored Car Robbery 1950-06-08
The Savage Horde 1950-05-22
Rock Island Trail 1950-05-18
When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950-02-17
Dakota Lil 1950-02-17
Prison Warden 1949-10-29
The Devil's Henchman 1949-09-15
Blondie Hits the Jackpot 1949-09-08
Mighty Joe Young 1949-07-27
Mississippi Rhythm 1949-05-28
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949-05-26
Flamingo Road 1949-04-30
Homicide 1949-04-02
Shockproof 1949-01-25
Bungalow 13 1948-11-19
The Plunderers 1948-10-30
One Touch of Venus 1948-08-01
The Velvet Touch 1948-07-13
Secret Service Investigator 1948-05-31
The Noose Hangs High 1948-04-05
Sleep, My Love 1948-02-18
My Girl Tisa 1948-02-07
Unconquered 1947-10-10
Nightmare Alley 1947-10-09
Joe Palooka in the Knockout 1947-09-20
Song of the Thin Man 1947-08-28
Desert Fury 1947-08-15
Robin Hood Of Texas 1947-07-15
Dishonored Lady 1947-05-16
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947-04-17
My Favorite Brunette 1947-03-19
Nora Prentiss 1947-02-22
Nobody Lives Forever 1946-11-01
Cloak and Dagger 1946-09-28
Angel on My Shoulder 1946-09-20
Step by Step 1946-08-23
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946-08-19
The Missing Lady 1946-08-17
Easy to Wed 1946-07-25
Rendezvous with Annie 1946-07-22
Boys' Ranch 1946-07-18
A Stolen Life 1946-05-01
Sentimental Journey 1946-03-06
Young Widow 1946-03-01
Tars and Spars 1946-01-10
The Spider 1945-12-01
Mildred Pierce 1945-10-20
The Shanghai Cobra 1945-09-29
Anchors Aweigh 1945-08-13
Over 21 1945-08-08
Murder, He Says 1945-06-23
Circumstantial Evidence 1945-04-20
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945-04-07
Hollywood Canteen 1944-12-15
Laura 1944-10-11
Strange Affair 1944-10-05
Abroad with Two Yanks 1944-08-04
Christmas Holiday 1944-07-31
Once Upon a Time 1944-06-29
Uncertain Glory 1944-04-07
Riding High 1943-11-11
Swing Shift Maisie 1943-10-01
Corvette K-225 1943-09-29
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943-09-25
Murder on the Waterfront 1943-09-18
So Proudly We Hail 1943-09-09
I Dood It 1943-09-01
Heaven Can Wait 1943-08-05
Action in the North Atlantic 1943-06-12
Mission to Moscow 1943-04-29
Air Force 1943-03-20
It Ain't Hay 1943-03-10
Something to Shout About 1943-02-25
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty 1942-12-09
Gentleman Jim 1942-11-14
Night in New Orleans 1942-07-01
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942-06-26
Thru Different Eyes 1942-06-19
Tough as They Come 1942-06-05
Broadway 1942-05-08
Saboteur 1942-04-24
Fingers at the Window 1942-04-22
Kid Glove Killer 1942-04-17
Reap the Wild Wind 1942-03-26
Ride 'Em Cowboy 1942-02-13
Treat 'Em Rough 1942-01-30
A Yank on the Burma Road 1942-01-29
Bedtime Story 1941-12-25
Kathleen 1941-12-18
The Night of January 16th 1941-11-28
New York Town 1941-10-31
I Wake Up Screaming 1941-10-31
Texas 1941-10-09
Hold Back the Dawn 1941-09-26
We Go Fast 1941-09-19
Belle Starr 1941-09-12
Manpower 1941-08-09
Affectionately Yours 1941-05-10
Ziegfeld Girl 1941-04-25
Ride on Vaquero 1941-04-18
Pot o' Gold 1941-04-03
Pot o' Gold 1941-04-03
Western Union 1941-02-21
Buck Privates 1941-01-31
The Wild Man of Borneo 1941-01-24
Four Mothers 1941-01-04
Tin Pan Alley 1940-11-29
Youth Will Be Served 1940-11-22
The Long Voyage Home 1940-11-16
The Devil's Pipeline 1940-10-31
North West Mounted Police 1940-10-22
Knute Rockne All American 1940-10-05
The Great Profile 1940-08-30
Rhythm on the River 1940-08-28
When the Daltons Rode 1940-08-23
The Golden Fleecing 1940-08-16
South of Pago Pago 1940-07-19
Manhattan Heartbeat 1940-07-11
The Way of All Flesh 1940-07-05
Private Affairs 1940-07-05
Lucky Cisco Kid 1940-06-28
Queen of the Mob 1940-06-28
The Ghost Breakers 1940-06-21
Brother Orchid 1940-06-07
Florian 1940-06-05
Girl in 313 1940-05-31
La Conga Nights 1940-05-31
Hot Steel 1940-05-24
Johnny Apollo 1940-04-19
It All Came True 1940-04-06
And One Was Beautiful 1940-04-05
The Grapes of Wrath 1940-03-15
Women Without Names 1940-03-14
Double Alibi 1940-03-01
Castle on the Hudson 1940-02-17
Broadway Melody of 1940 1940-02-09
The Fighting 69th 1940-01-27
Remember the Night 1940-01-19
The Cisco Kid and the Lady 1939-12-29
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939-12-01
The Roaring Twenties 1939-10-28
Fast and Furious 1939-10-06
Irish Luck 1939-08-22
Each Dawn I Die 1939-08-19
They Shall Have Music 1939-08-18
They All Come Out 1939-08-04
Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939-08-01
Mickey the Kid 1939-07-03
Tell No Tales 1939-06-12
The Gracie Allen Murder Case 1939-06-02
Union Pacific 1939-05-05
Rose of Washington Square 1939-05-05
Big Town Czar 1939-05-03
Code of the Streets 1939-04-13
Sergeant Madden 1939-03-24
Everybody's Baby 1939-03-24
The Ice Follies of 1939 1939-03-10
Jesse James 1939-01-14
The Duke of West Point 1938-12-29
While New York Sleeps 1938-12-16
Convicts at Large 1938-12-14
Blondie 1938-11-30
Lightning Carson Rides Again 1938-10-09
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938-09-02
You Can't Take It with You 1938-09-01
I Am the Law 1938-08-25
Gateway 1938-08-05
Wives Under Suspicion 1938-06-03
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938-05-24
Test Pilot 1938-04-16
Miracle Money 1938-03-26
Start Cheering 1938-03-03
Night Spot 1938-02-25
Born to Be Wild 1938-02-16
Mannequin 1938-01-21
Everybody's Doing It 1938-01-14
Big Town Girl 1937-12-03
Live, Love and Learn 1937-10-29
Hot Water 1937-09-24
Dangerously Yours 1937-09-21
My Dear Miss Aldrich 1937-09-17
Girls Can Play 1937-06-23
Angel's Holiday 1937-06-07
I Promise to Pay 1937-04-21
Midnight Taxi 1937-04-04
You Only Live Once 1937-01-23
Dangerous Number 1937-01-22
The Luckiest Girl in the World 1936-10-01
They Met in a Taxi 1936-09-08
My Man Godfrey 1936-09-02
Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936-08-07
How to Behave 1936-04-25
One Way Ticket 1935-11-25
Rendezvous 1935-10-25
Shipmates Forever 1935-10-12
Special Agent 1935-09-14
Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935-08-03
Woman Wanted 1935-08-02
The Daring Young Man 1935-07-17
The Murder Man 1935-07-12
Chinatown Squad 1935-05-31
Public Hero Number 1 1935-05-31
'G' Men 1935-05-04
Captain Hurricane 1935-03-01
Secrets of Chinatown 1935-02-20
The Brand of Hate 1934-11-02
The Affairs of Cellini 1934-08-24
Baby Take a Bow 1934-06-30
Wild Gold 1934-06-08
The Big Race 1934-02-14
Beloved 1934-01-22
Only Yesterday 1933-11-01
Ship of Wanted Men 1933-09-08
Riot Squad 1933-07-25
Hello, Sister! 1933-04-14
King Kong 1933-03-15
The All-American 1932-10-01
The Most Dangerous Game 1932-09-16
Okay, America! 1932-09-08
McKenna of the Mounted 1932-08-26
Back Street 1932-08-04
The Airmail Mystery 1932-03-28

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